Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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